Home-schoolers graduate to good citizenship.After decades of lending off critics who claimed home-schooled children would become dysfunctional dys·func·tion also dis·func·tion n. Abnormal or impaired functioning, especially of a bodily system or social group. dys·func hermits, home-schooling parents can finally point to a recent study proving these critics dead wrong. The study was conducted by the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI NHERI National Home Education Research Institute ). The NHERI publishes a research journal called the Home School Researcher, and works with national, state and local legislators on home-school home·school or home-school v. home·schooled, home·school·ing, home·schools v.tr. To instruct (a pupil, for example) in an educational program outside of established schools, especially in the home. and parental-rights issues. The study included thousands of adults who were home-schooled during their elementary and secondary school years. Among other things, it looked at how adults who were home-schooled participate in community and government processes. For example, 71 percent of the study subjects were participating in an ongoing community service, such as coaching a sports team, volunteering at a school, or working with a church or neighborhood association A neighborhood association is a group of residents, sometimes organized as 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, who take on problems or organize activities within a neighborhood. An association may have elected leaders and voluntary or mandatory dues. . In contrast, less than 40 percent of all U.S. adults engage in similar activities. And while 35 percent of the general U.S. populace thinks politics and government are too complicated to understand, a mere 4 percent of the home-schooled study participants agreed with this statement. Far from being asocial a·so·cial adj. 1. Avoiding or averse to the society of others; not sociable. 2. Unable or unwilling to conform to normal standards of social behavior; antisocial. misfits, it turns out that home-schooled adults are well-adjusted, active members of their community and nation--no surprise to the home-schooling parents, but a big surprise to opponents of the home schooling home schooling, the practice of teaching children in the home as an alternative to attending public or private elementary or high school. In most cases, one or both of the children's parents serve as the teachers. movement. And given that over 80 percent of the study participants indicated they would home-school their own children, it looks like the home-school movement is alive and well. |
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